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Forgiveness: Heal your worldview, heal yourself!
(photo: Alex Knight, 2016) In important ways, the world we see is a reflection of ourselves. What we see is a reflection of what we are looking for, what has become important to us, what we choose to pay attention to, as well as how we think and feel about our prior experiences of the…
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Faith in Decline: “Will forgiveness decline too?”
Gallup released a new poll report today marking a steady 10 year decline in religiosity in the United States. Religious faith is a significant and frequent motivation for forgiveness at the personal level, and the Gallup data should cause at least a question, if not a concern, that the decline in religious faith will coincide…
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Is refusing forgiveness good for you?
(photo: Sherburne County, Minnesota, Tom Delaney, 2025) The northern lights were on spectacular display earlier this week here in Central Minnesota. The wonder of their intense color and ambling hues easily reminds us that there is something much bigger than us afoot in our universe. We thrill to the sight of the northern lights and…
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Harvard Catholic Forum Hosts Tyler VanderWeele: A Theology of Health
(photo: Harvard University, 2025) Join the Harvard Divinity School online for Professor VanderWeele’s book talk on A Theology of Health tomorrow, November 13th, at 5:30 PM ET. Register to attend here: https://www.harvardcatholicforum.org/event/book-talk%3A-a-theology-of-health. If your parish or faith community is seeking a deeper experience of forgiveness, healing, mercy, and spiritual renewal, Live and Forgive is here…
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Our Own Anger is Still Not Good for Us
(art: Church of St. Nicetas, Macedonia, 14th cent.) Whenever the Gospel accounts of Jesus driving out the money changers from the temple come up in the Liturgy of the Word, I often see an article or hear someone asserting that the Gospel account is proof that anger can be righteous and even a virtue. It…
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Fr. Hugh Duffy: Forgiveness When There’s No Apology
(photo: Capilla Sixtina, Jorge Valenzuela, 2011) “Not long before his death, Pope Francis gave a startling speech to the Curia — the Church’s central administrative body. Before a room full of high-ranking officials, he spoke honestly about the hypocrisy, gossip, and careerism that had crept into the Church’s leadership. His words cut deep. The assembled…
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Forgiveness is a Constant Invitation to Rebirth in Love
Today’s Liturgy of the Word includes a reading from the Gospel of Luke (17:1-6) that is a cornerstone for forgiveness as Christian faith in action. In this section of the gospel, Jesus teaches his disciples: If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.And if he wrongs you seven times in one…
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Forgiveness Education is Mental Health Education Grounded in Love of God and Neighbor
(photo: Bishop Timothy Dolan, OSV News, Gregory A. Shemitz, 2025) Bishop Dolan is a vocal advocate for the work of the Catholic Church to promote mental health in all of its communities. He founded the International Association of Catholic Health Ministers after experiencing the suicide of his brother, and several family members before him. OSV…
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Forgiveness Will Make Your Best Tomorrow
(photo: The Unjust Steward, Eugène Burnand, 1850-1921) The reading fro the Gospel of Luke in yesterday’s Liturgy of the Word related the parable of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16:1-8). In this parable, a servant of a wealthy property owner is found to have squandered his employer’s assets, property, and holdings, and is told to prepare…
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